Wembley has seen many fabulous strikes down the years from Geoff Hurst to Alan Shearer to Didier Drogba and here were two more for the stadium’s hall of fame.

There have been far more important games than this, and better players, but the long-range shots from Pedro Obiang and Son Heung-min will linger long in the memory of the 50,034 present. It was partly the shock factor of Obiang’s 30-yarder after 70 minutes that took the breath away. Spurs had managed 18 shots, and this was West Ham’s first, but what a first. The move was begun by André Ayew, who had just come on for Javier Hernández, and immediately gave West Ham more of a forceful target-man presence.

Ayew drove down the left, using…

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